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The Hatch and Brood of Time 7: Weighing Hamlet's Sources

The Hatch and Brood of Time Volume 7: November 9, 2020                                                                             By London Johns In 1596, William Shakespeare’s 11-year-old son Hamnet died. His cause of death is not known, though it is possible he died of bubonic plague. His father’s reaction to his death is also not known....

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The Hatch and Brood of Time 6: Alas, Poor Will: What Happened to Shakespeare's Skull

The Hatch and Brood of Time Volume 6: November 2, 2020                                                                       By London Johns Throughout the centuries since Shakespeare’s death, countless conspiracy theories about his grave have risen and been put to rest. The combination of Shakespeare’s fame and the curse inscribed on his gravestone inspired theories that...

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The Weird Sisters' Beards

The Hatch and Brood of Time                                   Volume 5: October 25, 2020                                                 By London Johns “What are these,/So withered, and so wild in their attire,/That look not like th’ inhabitants o’ th’ Earth/And yet are on ’t? . . . You should be women,/And yet your beards forbid me to...

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The Baconian Cipher in Shakespeare and the Military

The Hatch and Brood of Time Volume 4: October 19, 2020                                             By London Johns In the early 20th century, in a recently-built laboratory in Geneva, Illinois, a team of researchers were working to identify and interpret ciphers in the works of Renaissance authors. At the head of this team was...

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